Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean .
2 so I tap on the window , had just gone past and I was just about to go in his room , you know , cos he 's standing there and I just tapped on the window come outside Nick had just walked by and Rick and were talking you know it 's not like the dead of night and everything 's quiet
3 I just lay on the bed there , drinking .
4 I just lay on the ground and cried , ’ he recalled .
5 Cos I just landed on the bottom .
6 I just got on the ferry .
7 I just concentrated on the job in hand and felt better than I have done for months .
8 I was reluctant to go out again ; I just sat on the bed , trembling .
9 Then I just sat on the floor and wept for Granny , and for myself .
10 Did n't get u , dismount I just sat on the saddle like with my foot on the floor wandering what they was up to .
11 I just shouted on an impulse and was very sorry later . ’
12 I just reacted on the spur of the moment .
13 Terrie put the helm hard over while I alternately concentrated on the reef , closing rapidly on both sides , and took bearings on the tree to ensure that we made whatever course corrections were necessary to counteract the current that runs northward up this coastline at up to three knots .
14 I once travelled on a train from Leeds to London with Shaun and we got on fine .
15 I once worked on a magazine about the law , called , imaginatively , Law Magazine .
16 She was bitter before I ever came on the scene ! ’
17 ‘ For 30 years I always painted on the spot , even in deep snow .
18 I also served on the Committee considering the London Local Authority Bill which was , remarkably , opposed by the ice-cream alliance when the SDP and the Liberal Democrats were in a state of meltdown .
19 I also spoke on the phone to the landlord of the pub at Morvyl .
20 I nearly choked on the bread ; my neck and throat seemed to be ringed by a cruel vice .
21 There 's a beauty special offering 50 tips on how to look good this summer and a piece I particularly liked on the importance of laughing .
22 It was a great bonus to me to be near Sarah , and I frequently went on the bus to Harpenden .
23 I then clicked on the Auto Summation icon and the results were instantly inserted — and because I had left an empty row between the data and the row in which I wanted the totals , a ruling was automatically added .
24 More that once I almost stepped on a bolt before I saw it .
25 I therefore worked on the premise that if , if a fifth of our work comes from then it must be right to have approximately a fifth of our staff based in
26 Coming down to breakfast I find raw , slanting cuts I never made on the loaf in the crock . )
27 I half turned on the stool .
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